FL Supreme Court Limits Cell Phone Data Tracking

For a good while law enforcement could obtain cell phone data without a warrant. Its a controversial 4th amendment issue throughout the US, including in Texas.

Florida police had a warrant for calls going into and out of a defendant’s phone, but the Florida Supreme Court said that warrant did not cover tracking cell phone data to follow the defendant’s movements. The ruling is being heralded as an enormous victory for privacy rights. [First Coast News] [Wall Street Journal]